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Oct. 31, 2013

Red Sox closer Koji Uehara

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Led by control master Koji Uehara, the Red Sox pitching staff shut down the Cardinals in the World Series even more effectively than it shackled the Tigers in the championship series.

There are many similarities in how Boston, and especially Uehara, pitched in these two series, both of which Boston won in six games:

In each series, the Red Sox allowed two homers. Both Cardinals homers came from Matt Holliday. Both Tigers homers came in the same inning of Game 2 off Clay Buchholz, who was wearing down both from that game and from a season in which he had shoulder trouble. ...